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Israelites who lived further away from Palestine. The Jews of. Palestine were around him in large numbers and, therefore, it was not necessary for him to seek them. . It is an historical fact that the Israelites were divided into 12 tribes of which two were in the country where Jesus taught his. Gospel and was put on the cross and the other 10 were scattered in other lands. The assigned Divine mission of Jesus would not have been complete, much less could it be described as successful, without his appearance among the remaining 10 tribes representing a vast majority of the Israeli people. The choice here is either to admit that Jesus failed to comply with his Divine mission—an obvious contradiction of terms in regard to any prophet or that he did travel to that part of the world where the remaining 10 tribes, representing an overwhelming majority, had settled. —. There is other evidence in the Gospels of Jesus going to the. East. The star which indicated his birth appeared in the East (Matthew: 2:2). Guided by this star certain wise men undertook a long journey and visited the place of his birth. This shows clearly that they had been waiting for his appearance. As the promise of the appearance of a Messiah and the signs of his advent had been given to none but the Israelites, therefore, the men that came from the East on seeing the star must have been. Israelites. . It is claimed that the people of Kashmir, Afghanistan, parts of India and the surrounding lands represent the lost tribes of. Israel. Let us examine whether this contention can be proved by historical and other forms of evidence. . Let me begin with a quotation from the second book of. Esdras:. And whereas thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable multitude unto him, those are the ten tribes which were carried away prisoner out of their own land in the time of Hosea, the King, whom Shalmanesar, the King of. Assyria, led away as captive, and he crossed them over the waters, as they came into another land. But they took this counsel among themselves that they would leave the multitude of the heathen and go forth into a farther country. . that they might raise up their statues which they never kept in their own land. And they entered into the Euphrates by the narrow passage of the river, for the Most High then 56